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The Roland Story Community School Board will meet Monday evening at 6:30 at the high school board room in Story City.Discussion at the meeting will focus on the 2015-16 Budget Amendment for Construction Projects and Estimated for next year.There will be the setting of fees for student registration for the 2015-16 school year. The Roland Story board will discuss the district calendar for 2015-16, consider a request for a foreign exchange student and consider a 28 E cooperative sharing agreement with the Ames Community School District for swimming and diving for next season.There will also be a report from superintendent Matt Patton and a look at personnel matters.

A seven man five woman jury will be hearing testimony in the trial of Casey Frederiksen in Hamilton County District Court. Jury selection wrapped up Monday afternoon in the case that is expected to last up to two weeks. 120 potential jurors were interviewed by attorneys representing Frederiksen and the state asking them what they know about the case. Frederiksen is charged with first degree murder and first degree sexual abuse in the death of five year old Evelyn Miller, the daughter of his live in girlfriend Noel Miller in July,2005. Evelyn Miller was stabbed in the chest and neck. Her body was found a few days later in the Cedar River in Floyd County. Opening arguments will begin today by the attorneys for Frederiksen Aaron Hawbaker and Dustin Lee. The prosecutors are Douglas Hammerand and assistant Iowa attorneys general Scott Brown. Testimony by several witnesses will be held in the coming days. The trial will be presided by District Judge Gregg Rosenbladt. Frederiksen's trial was moved to Hamilton County from Floyd County on a change of venue.

Fifth grade students at Webster City Middle School and St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary will receive their certificates for successfully completing the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program Monday afternoon. The ceremony will be held at the Middle School beginning at 2:00 p.m. with the public invited to attend. D.A.R.E. was taught by Sgt. Ed Wardell of the Webster City Police Department this year. D.A.R.E. teaches students how to say no to drugs,alcohol, tobacco and violence. For nearly 30 years the D.A.R.E. course has been taught in the Webster City and St. Thomas Aquinas schools by members of the Webster City Police Department.

Rest Of Today...Cloudy. Freezing drizzle likely before noon...Then a slight chance of light snow early in the afternoon. Areas of blowing snow late in the afternoon. Windy. High in the lower 30s. West wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 40 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.Tonight...Mostly cloudy. Very cold. Breezy. Areas of blowing snow in the evening. Low zero to 5 above. Northwest wind 15 to 25 mph with gusts to around 35 mph.Wednesday...Mostly sunny. Very cold. Breezy. High 10 to 15. Northwest wind 15 to 20 mph.

Iowa State News

Freezing rain makes roads icy, some schools cancel

There are some slick roads and sidewalks across the state due to freezing rain this morning. Many schools in eastern Iowa canceled or delayed the start of classes. Robert Fangmann, the Cedar County Engineer in Tipton, said roads that were cleared earlier are turning icy again. “Because we had some snow before the ice, it […]

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he’ll be paying no heed to the dozens of Democrats who plan to skip today’s speech by Israel’s prime minister before a joint session of Congress. Some are upset that Benjamin Netanyahu did not go through the White House to give the address. Grassley, a Republican, was asked if Netanyahu […]

Mother and son from eastern Iowa sentenced for selling synthetic drugs

An eastern Iowa mother and son are both going to federal prison for selling synthetic marijuana commonly known as K-2 and bath salts. Fifty-three year old Mary Ann Ramos of Evansdale was found guilty by a jury in June of two counts of distribution of the synthetic drugs as well as two counts of possession […]

A huge comeback in Ames. Trailing Oklahoma by 21 points in the second half Iowa State responded with a 22-0 run and went on to post a 77-70 victory. “It was really fun to just go out there and just see things clicking after a first half where we just couldn’t get anything going,” ISU […]

Chanda Zomermaand scored 19 points as top ranked Unity Christian advanced to the class 2A semifinals with a 53-34 win over Cascade. The Knights remained unbeaten despite shooting only 35 percent and committing 20 turnovers. “It was a good win, things were a little messy during the game, we had a lot of turnovers and […]